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Pseudogenization of the tooth gene enamelysin (MMP20) in the common ancestor of extant baleen whales

Whales in the suborder Mysticeti are filter feeders that use baleen to sift zooplankton and small fish from ocean waters. Adult mysticetes lack teeth, although tooth buds are present in foetal stages. Cladistic analyses suggest that functional teeth were lost in the common ancestor of crown-group My...

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Main Authors: Meredith, Robert W., Gatesy, John, Cheng, Joyce, Springer, Mark S.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado em: The Royal Society 2011
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Acesso em linha:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3049022/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20861053
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.1280
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